"Recycle for Sight" - Medfield Lions Eyeglasses Collections

"Recycle for Sight" - Medfield Lions Eyeglasses Collections

Just a reminder....The Medfield Lions Club is ALWAYS collecting eyeglasses of every sort:

• Prescription and Reading,
• Clear and Sunglasses,
• Adult and Children's.

Please donate ANY no longer needed glasses. Collection boxes will be found in the following locations throughout Medfield:

• Blue Moon Bagel Cafe,
• Shaw's service desk / windowsill,
• Medfield Public Library reference room,
• Medfield Eye Care,
• Medfield Eye Associates,
• Medfield Senior Center,
• Needham Bank and
• Roberts Mitchell Caruso Funeral Home.

On a monthly basis, Cub Scout Pack #113 under the guidance of Scoutmaster Matt Hogardt graciously collects these glasses from the collection boxes as a service to the Medfield Lions Club.

The Medfield Lions Club sends the collected glasses to the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center in New Jersey whose volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength, and package the glasses for distribution for people in need in low and middle income communities in the US and abroad, where they will have the greatest impact. Over 1,200 pair of eyeglasses were collected in 2018-2019. Much thanks to all who have donated through the years, and have made an impact in others' lives.

Through Lions International volunteers and eye care professionals screen thousands of children and adults during sight missions, providing them, free of charge, with prescription lenses, frames, and ultimately a better quality of life.

Lions International also provides recycled glasses to nonprofit organizations focused on eye care, as well as to optometry college groups, religious organizations, and military assistance groups, which also distribute to people in need.